Friday, September 19, 2008

UN rapporteur claims he was denied access to info about Afghan casualties

This is from CBCnews...
NATO and Canada do not want any criticism from the UN. The proper role of the UN is to pass resolutions that serve as a fig leaf to justify the occupation same as in Iraq.




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Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said in an interview with CBC News that senior Canadian military officials and other NATO officials had denied him access to details about civilian casualties.
Alston said in a May report that secrecy and a dearth of public information regarding the casualties were jeopardizing support for the mission.
NATO has described Alston’s report as exaggerated and inaccurate....

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